Japs Take Blows In Battle
Allied counter stroke against Japanese invasion forces in Java developed satisfactorily but details remain secret. Dutch and Allied troops fray at three beachheads near Bandoeng with American and Australian reinforcements, while heavy air attacks and naval action sink and damage Japanese ships.
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Bandoeng
Jays
New York
Java
Batavia
Aneta
United Nations
Thiz Richest
Island of
the Indies
Netherlands
Reuters
London
Seebang
Maid
Saland
High Command
Rembang
Soera
Aja
Komba
Sumatra
Bali
Borneo
Reverses Hint at Nazi Fortunes in Russian Counteroffensive
The Nazi high command signaled the scope of the Russian counteroffensive, admitting a loss of initiative while claiming German forces fought defensively. Berlin Rome and Cairo reported patrols, air battles, and claims of enemy aircraft destroyed. London said hundreds of Hurricanes fought on the Russian front as Channel-area gunfire intensified with German-occupied France a focus.
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Berlin
Rome
Cairo
Lince
el Mechil
English Channel
Hitler
Eng-1
Eumik
Staraya Russi
Jay
Red Army
Ats
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Channel
Two Trainmen Die In Wreck Near Chattanooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee a derailment of the Dixie Flyer near the city killed engineer Ed Ballentine and fireman L W Arnold from Nashville. Brakeman O H West age 60 sustained injuries as the wreck hurled cars down a bank and damaged about 600 feet of track.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ed Ballentine
L. W. Arnold
Nashville
O. H. West
Rozches
Rangoon Lines Halted as Japanese Advance Fears Grow
British command reported halting movement along the Sittang river as Japanese forces appear poised for a raid toward Rangoon and Pegu. Sydney Telegraph suggests General Douglas MacArthur be named Commander of the Southwest Pacific forces.
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Rangoon
Sittang
Pegu
Sydney
Australia
Sydney Telegraph
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
None Injured As Bus Skids In Heavy Snow
A school bus skidded on the Horse Creek road near Sullivan high en route from Sullivan, but no injuries were reported. Snow in Kingsport reached over five inches by noon with roads slick. drivers urged to slow down as winter conditions persist.
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Sullivan High
Horse Creek
Childress
Brown Jenkins
Sullivan
Kingsport
Army Offering Officer Training Path For Dependents
The army will recruit men 18 to 45 to become officers by first enlisting, serving three months as privates, and then applying to officer training schools. Ground forces need 75,000 new officers this year. Training schools will admit 195,000. those with dependents who do not reach officer grades may be reassigned to enlisted ranks, with active service determined by draft status.
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Washington
Army
John J McCloy
Selective Service
Java Battle Escalates As Allies Struggle To Hold
Washington braces for grim updates from Java where Japanese invasion advances threaten the last major Allied stronghold in the south Pacific. Navy reports indicate Japanese superiority at sea while Allied forces clash on land and sea, with Dutch units suffering major losses and feared to push Java toward fall as Bataan holds elsewhere.
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Jave
Western Pacific
Ihe
United Nation
Australia
Digger
North Carolina
Washington
Java
United Nations
Navy
War
U. S
South Pacific
Netherlands Indies
Bataan
42 Burley Quotas Remain Unchanged
Washington reports that 1942 Burley tobacco quotas will stay the same. J. B. Hutson, president of the Commodity Credit Corporation, said the agriculture secretary allowed the March 1 deadline to pass without changes after Hutson conferred with Representative Chapman about a proposed increase. The Chapman bill had extended the deadline from December 31.
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Washington
J. B. Hutson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Hutson
Representative Chapman
D-ay
Secretary of Agriculture
Chapman
Free French Rule Recognized In Pacific By United States
The United States grants partial recognition to Free French rule in the Pacific and aids in defense of French islands, with De Gaulle’s headquarters citing the islands as vital stepping stones to New Zealand and Australia. The US Consul General in Noumea states Washington will deal with Free French authorities in effective control of French territories.
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London
United States
Pacific
Charles de Gaulle
New Zealand
Australia
Noumea
New Caledonia
de Gaulle
Senate Farm Bloc Drops Parity Talk On FDR Meeting
Senate farm bloc abandons efforts to force a conference with President Roosevelt on parity price legislation. Senator Thomas forecasts House-Inserted cuts in the agriculture bill will aid the aim. a seven‑member group led by Senator Bankhead pursued the President. A second major issue looms as military pay bills surface, with debates over broad increases for troops and enlisted ranks amid wartime legislation, while other war powers measures block certain actions.
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Washington
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Agriculture
Bankhead
Dala
Congress
Johnson
D-Cole
Army
Navy
War Powers
Roosevelt Streamlines Army With Separate Air Force
President Roosevelt orders a streamlined army reorganizing into three units the army ground forces the army air forces and service of supply under the chief of staff General George C Marshall. Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold heads the air forces with semi autonomous status while Lesley J. McNair becomes commander of ground forces and Brehon Somervell leads the service of supply as expansion to four million troops is planned.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army Ground Forces
Army Air Forces
Service of Supply
George C. Marshall
Serai
Henry H
Army
Navy
Geney
Secretary of War
White House
War Department
Arnold
Air forGey
Lesley
Cq) J. McNair
Army General Headquarters
Brehon B. Somervell
Air Command
Army Air Corps
Walter R. Weaver
George H. Brett
Far East
Combat Command
Carl Spaate
General Headquarters Air Force
Airforce Combat Command
Air Corps
Army Fair Forces
Convoy Attacked by U Boats in Mid Atlantic
Survivors recount a night of heavy U boat torpedoing as a westward convoy loses at least four merchant ships and three tankers. Seamen describe boats sinking quickly and three days of sustained attack with five subs detected. The War Department reorganizes air and supply commands, creating a new services of supply and transferring air force duties to army groups. The Panamanian tanker Antiope, torpedoed off Venezuela, delivered cargo to Montevideo with only minor damage and no crew injuries.
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Atlantic
War Department
United States
Services of Supply
Chief of Coast Artillery
Secretary of War
Army of the United States
Venezuela
Montevideo
Uruguay
British Patrols Battle Japs Along Sittang
British patrols along the Sittang River battled Japanese forces massing for a drive toward Rangoon and the India frontier. Japanese aerial attacks were reported on Britain’s Christmas Island and the Andaman Islands as Burma remained contested. Escaped Burma dispatches describe ambushes on the east bank near Pegu while Rangoon’s rail hub lay largely abandoned.
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London
Sittemg
Rangoon
Irra_ waddy
India
Indian Ocean
Britain
Christmas Island
Java
Andaman Islands
Burma
Sitteng
Pegu
Oriental
China
Peguana
Mandalay
Two Arrested As Car Thieves
Two brothers described as members of an automobile theft ring spanning Virginia West Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky were reported today by State Trooper A E Andes. John C Goss aged about 33 and Eldridge Goss aged about 30 of Springville near Taze well have been returned to Beckley W Va in the custody of a deputy U S marshal for questioning about a third man taken into custody at Beckley.
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Bluefield
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
A. E. Andes
Andes
John C. Goss
Eldridge Goss
Springville
Tazewell
Beckley
W. Va
U. S
Australia backs General Bennett after Malaya career
Prime Minister Curtin voiced full confidence in Major General Gordon Bennett after his wartime report on the Malaya campaign and Singapore surrender. Bennett, 55, led Australians in Malaya, surrendered, then escaped Japanese captivity, influencing future strategy with his account.
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Melbourne
Australia
Gordon Bennett
Malaya
Singapore
Bennett
War Cabinet
John Curtin
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